Staff / Lead Software Engineer - Backend Platform

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need strong proficiency in Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• We need experience managing build tools such as Maven and Gradle and understanding their role in SDLC standardisation.
• We need a solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• We need a strong focus on security best practices in backend development.
• We need experience designing modern APIs, microservice architectures, and complex distributed asynchronous systems.
• We need excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• We need the ability to drive change and influence technical direction across teams.
• We need an understanding of engineering team needs.
• We need a passion for standardisation, process improvement, and engineering excellence.
• We need experience implementing and enforcing coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing.
• We need an understanding of the importance of controls and compliance in regulated organisations.
• We need demonstrated experience leading the effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools, with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• We need strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.
• We need experience coaching senior engineers and leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Preferred: experience building backend libraries and frameworks shared across multiple teams, with deep understanding of Spring Boot internals.
• Preferred: experience with scripting languages such as Python, Groovy, or Bash, and IaC tools such as Terraform.
• Preferred: knowledge of observability tools such as OTEL, Grafana, and Dynatrace.
• Preferred: experience working in financial services, investment platforms, or similar regulated organisations.
• Preferred: hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Preferred: experience building self-serve tooling for engineering teams.
• Preferred: demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, sprint planning, and backlog grooming.

Responsibilities:

• We design, develop, and maintain backend libraries and frameworks using Java and Spring Boot for asynchronous architecture.
• We build scalable, reliable, and secure components that provide out-of-the-box implementations of non-functional requirements and controls compliance.
• We collaborate closely with product engineering teams to understand their needs and deliver solutions that improve productivity and engineering experience.
• We drive initiatives to standardise development workflows, tooling, and processes across Platform and Product squads.
• We champion engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines across Investments and our broader technology organisation.
• We provide technical direction, mentorship, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• We tackle complex technical challenges, design innovative strategic solutions, and guide the team.
• We facilitate knowledge sharing and skill development within the team.
• We work closely with SDLC and Infrastructure teams to enable delivery of Platform as a Product.
• We drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• We establish measurable validation standards such as secure coding, peer review, automated testing, and promote reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• We apply knowledge of SDLC toolchain tools, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.

Technologies:

• AI
• Backend
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Dynatrace
• GitHub
• Gradle
• Grafana
• Groovy
• Support
• Java
• Jenkins
• Marketing
• Maven
• Python
• Security
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Terraform

More:

We are J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, part of JPMorgan Chase, and we provide award-winning investments, products, and digital wealth management services to almost 300,000 investors in the UK. We are built on more than 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage and a straightforward, transparent approach to investing that helps clients make informed decisions and achieve their financial goals. We are a global leader in financial services and value our people, diversity, and inclusion, offering a first-class business in a first-class way. Our Corporate Functions teams support finance, risk, human resources, marketing, and other essential areas that help our businesses, clients, customers, and employees succeed. This is a full-time role.

last updated 34 week of 2026